Morristown Voters Overwhelmingly Back Lonegan, Booker

Morristown residents voted in line with citizens throughout the state Tuesday in selecting Newark Mayor Cory Booker and former Bogata Mayor Steve Lonegan as the candidates in the Oct. 16 special Senate election.

In preliminary tallies for the Democratic nomination, Booker received more than 60 percent of the vote, far more than his nearest challenger, U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. (D-6), who received about 20 percent. U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) trailed with about 15 percent and state Assembly speaker Sheila Oliver (D-34) had less than 5 percent.

In the Republican primary, Lonegan skated to an easy victory over Somerset County doctor Alieta Eck. Lonegan collected about 90 percent of the vote to Eck’s 10 percent.

For the full story on this election, go to this Patch article.

Here in Morristown, turnout was slow at the polls with a rush at lunch and again after people got off of work.

However, only about 12 percent of registered voters came out to the polls—14 of 24 precincts have been counted. Here’s a look at the Morristown voting breakdown:

Republican (191 total votes):

• Steve Lonegan – 149 votes; 78 percent
• Alieta Eck – 41 votes; 21.5 percent
• 1 write in

Democrat (995 votes):

• Cory Booker – 710 votes; 71 percent
• Rush Holt – 134 votes; 13.5 percent
• Frank Pallone Junior – 99 votes; 10 percent
• Sheila Oliver  – 52 votes; 5 percent

The election results can be found here

Check out how Morris Township and Morris Plains residents voted in this Patch article.